NFL Athlete Defends Gay Athletes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/chris-kluwe-gay-athletes-editorial-_n_2992624.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

The gay community has been highly talked about in today’s media, but I have not heard anything about it being talked about in the NFL until I read this article. Chris Kluwe, the punter for the Minnesota Vikings, expressed how he felt about professional athletes who are concerned about the possibility of sharing a locker room with a gay teammate. Kluew clearly expresses his feelings when he says “Grow the f**k up.” He makes a good point because they are grown men and they are worried about getting checked out. San Francisco 49ers player Chris Culliver, does not agree with gay teammates in the same locker room. “I don’t do the gay guys, man. I don’t do that. No, we don’t got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here if they do.”

Reading those words I felt disrespected and I am not even the one he was talking about. Culliver is so worried about being judged about having a gay teammate that he is willing to give them up. There are a lot of children that look up to NFL players, and I know that society is slowly becoming use to the gay community. Kluwe is a supporter of LGBT, which was something interesting because my group for class is doing our project gay and lesbian society. Chris Kluwe is not the only NFL player that is in support of this group-Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo, Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita, and New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski and many others.

The person has to accept the player as their teammate because they will be working together. You cannot control how a person lives their life, only how they act on the field. A gay/lesbian person is a human being meaning that they should get the same respect as anyone else.